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` TO ALL WHOM IT MAY' CONCERN:

' on the inside of the-stove, hold it, and screw the hung tight# M U NS 0 N C. C R 0 N K, 0 F A U n Un N", N-Efw YORK.

I Letters Patent No. 68,417, lated September 3, 1867.

IMPROVEDYBUIVG POR GASKS4 AND BARRELS.

@t Stlgrhnl: rifetrrili in in these etters 3mm ant mnhiug'pzitt nf the same,

Y vBe it known that LMuNsoN C. Gnomi, of the city' of Auburn, have invented a new ami iulprove'li Billig;

and I do hereby dechire that the following is n full, clear, und exact descriptionnzdl the same,'.referenoe heilig had to the accompanying drn-ings, making a. pnrt of this srpciiicntion.

Thevlctters used represent ,the-same parts wherever they occur.

"lo enable others skilled in the artto miikeaud use my invention, will proceed todescrihe thessmeond its form when complete und' ready for use.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of all the parts put together.

' Figure 2li'cpresents a. sectionnl View of thesngme'when in their place in the stove.

Figures 3 and 4 represent perspective views of the toggle.`

Figure, a'longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Figure 6, across-sectional view. l I 4 y Th@ whole may be made of malleable iron or other suitable metal. B represents the bung proper, which is mudo with n shank, S, to pass down into therhnrrel and receive the toggle T andnut N, mode in the common form.- It is made withu shoulder, a,- to it the hungShole; also' with the 'rim r to set into the wood to make o tighter joint and prevent lenknge, T represents the toggle-which holds the bung to `its place when screwed don-n. This ismade with the slot C, elongted so thatdthe toggle will rndily tip ahd pass through the bunghole. It is also mnde'with n. rounded hearing in theform of o. Shoah/fer, 'm 1n, for the' nut, t'orest upon, -and thus receive the bearing -of' the screw direct. howev'exthe toggle may he turned. It is 'matie with the lips E E for tho bearing of the nut when'heing worked, '.lhe other side of the toggle is bevelled down and hollowedout 4 a. little, so that the. edgesff will adhere to the wood, prevent turning` und thus assist the working. There may he packing used under the rim, if desired. It islalso desirable to work up the end of thelshunk after thennt is put on' to prevent its slipping off. The toppf the bung will need n depression, d, and shoulder, g, to receive the wrench. When theports are put togetler and ready for use, let the nnt down upon the shank far enough, so that the toggle will tip and`readily pass through the hung-hole, then pull up square, bring the togglato bear What I claiin as :ny invention, and desire Jto secure by Letters Patent, is'- A bung, with the pnrtsBfT, and N, made and operated-substantially ss an'd for the purposesdescribed. M. 0g CROUK'.

Witnesses:

N. B.- SMITH, D. CMABKHAM. 

